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Hikmah

حكمة
Definition

Wisdom — the quality Allah granted to both Dawud and Sulayman, enabling them to judge between people with justice. Sulayman's wisdom was so renowned that the Queen of Sheba traveled great distances to test him, only to submit to the Lord of all worlds.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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